Déjà vu, but not.
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Despite the near 70° temperatures today, the outdoor range remains closed. Since I’ve been itching to get in some trigger time, I had to break down and make a lunch time visit to a local indoor range. I’m typically weary of the indoor facility due to not being able to see what the other folks are doing. Fortunately there were only two other lanes in use, and both appeared to be occupied by experienced shooters giving lessons to new shooters. I was able to concentrate on enjoying the distraction of shooting.
Looking through my shooting journal, I realized it had been almost a year to the day since I last visited this range. This would be the first time shooting indoors since I put the fiber front sight on the gun. It was also the first time shooting indoors since I stopped wearing the Rx shooting glasses. Both of these changes could have an effect on shooting in the low light conditions. Despite the target itself being blurry, I was pretty happy with how I shot. I was drifting to the left a bit, but that’s not an unusual issue, otherwise the groups were passable. (More dry fire would probably help with that.)
After firing off 100 rounds, in a very short time, it was back to work. The quick lunch time run was a bonus to what was otherwise just another Monday. Perhaps I should make this a regular thing — I hardly ever leave my desk for lunch so any excursion would be a treat.
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Today is the Feast Day of St. Brigid of Ireland, one of our family’s favorite Saints. The quote below has long been attributed to St. Brigid.”I’d Like A Great Lake Of Beer For The King Of Kings. I Would Like To Be Watching Heaven’s Family Drinking…
Sunday afternoon is one of our favorite times to head out for a relaxing late lunch, and a good beer or two. This past Sunday, as I perused the beer menu at Sedona Taphouse, a listing for BadWolf Brewing AK-47 caught my eye, for obvious reasons. It was listed in the “Pale Ale” section of the menu, which made it even more interesting to me.
Our American bastardization of the beloved Kolsch style is brewed with a traditional grain bill and Kolsch yeast and that’s where the similarities end. Our love for hops drove us to add copious amounts of Simcoe for an American hop bite. This Ameri-Kolsch clocks in at a formidable (by Kolsch standards) 47 IBUs, is light refreshing and tastes like freedom!
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Prior to the start of the snow from winter storm Jonas last weekend, we received a notice from the range where we shoot…A reminder for all that the Chapter grounds are to be closed to member access at noon today. This will coincide with the arr…
After last weekend’s historic snow, and spending a week driving and walking through dirty slush, I was ready for a beer with “Tropical” in its name. While the aroma of barbecued ribs wafted from the oven, I sat down with a glass of Flying Dog Trop…
I wouldn’t drink the beer, but I’ll laugh at the commercial. An oldie but a goodie.Have a great weekend. Drink good beer.And if you are going to do charity work…
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A month after Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced he was rescinding Concealed Handgun Permit reciprocity with 25 other states, and just days before the change was to take effect, our anti-gun governor has struck a deal with law makers to r…
I realized that my last entry here was the First Beer of the Blizzard post. Hopefully no one thought we were lost to the storm. After digging out and getting back into the work routine, I’ve not had a chance to do any blog-related stuff — no interesting beer, and no fun shooting outings. Frankly, I’ve simply been too dog-tired when I get home in the evening to grab the laptop and muse. Winter doldrums kicking in I reckon.
There are a couple of new beers in the fridge waiting to be reviewed. I’ve opted to relax with other beers instead, just because I haven’t felt like “working.” I’ll get to those soon, likely this weekend. (Or maybe tonight, now that I’m thinking about them.)
It’s quite frustrating that there’s not been any opportunity to get to the range. Unfortunately, the foul weather caused the cancellation of an IDPA match I had planned to attend last Sunday. Plans for a lunch time trip to the indoor range this week were disrupted by an unscheduled meeting. And most disappointing, the range we shoot at has been deemed “closed until further notice” due to snow, and subsequently, melting snow. We used to shoot in the snow and rain regularly but the club leadership has ruled bad weather shooting as unsafe. Colleen and I, along with a friend, did get out to the range before the snow. That was a good time, but leaves me itching to go again.
On the bright side, there’s less than eight weeks until the start of Spring!
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Is fitting…Let’s do this.
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